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Meet the Professional Standards Board

The CMBE is overseen by the Professional Standards Board. The Board is responsible for ensuring quality standards are maintained across the admissions criteria, CPD participation, and auditing.

The Board's membership is comprised of independent members and academic members. The independent members have expertise in professional standards and quality assurance from roles in prestigious professional bodies. The academic members are leaders in learning and teaching, and are all CMBEs.

The Terms of Reference of the CMBE Professional Standards Board are available here.

Lay Members

Tania Vanburen - Chair

Executive Director, Education and Professional Practice, The Royal College of Radiologists

Academic Members

Pauric P. O'Rourke

Professor, University Canada West

Dr Aniekan Essien CMBE

Lecturer in Business Analytics, University of Bristol

Dr Matt Offord CMBE

Associate Director Learning and Teaching, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

Professor Helen Higson

Professor of Higher Education Learning and Management, Aston Business School. Associate Dean MBA & Executive Education

Ghadir Fareed CMBE

Lecturer & Programme Lead – Digital Marketing, Manchester Metropolitan University

Dr Antonella Russo CMBE

Associate Head for Student Success ·School of Accounting, Finance & Economics – Greenwich Business School – University of Greenwich

Dr Chahna Gonsalves CMBE

Senior Lecturer in Marketing (Education), King's College London

Dr Robert James Crammond CMBE

Senior Lecturer in Enterprise; Director of Transformative Enterprise Research Group, University of the West of Scotland

Louise McArdle

Associate Dean for Academic Leadership, University of Central Lancashire

Cheryl Greyson

Professional Lead, Faculty of Business, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, ARU Peterborough

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